Privacy Policy and Your Privacy Rights

DATED 2020-03-24 · VERSION 20200801_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20200401_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT

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 California law, including the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and related regulations (the "CCPA"), requires us to disclose information regarding the categories of personal information that we have collected about California consumers, the categories of sources from which the information was collected, the business or commercial purposes (as those terms are defined by applicable law) for which the information was collected, and the categories of parties with whom we share personal information.
 ## 16.2
 ## California Notice of Collection
+We or our service providers may collect the below categories of information for the following business or commercial purposes (as those terms are defined in applicable law):
+(a) We or our service providers may collect the below categories of information for the following business or commercial purposes (as those terms are defined in applicable law):
 - providing the Services (e.g., account servicing and maintenance, customer service, analytics, and communication about the Services);
 - our or our service provider's operational purposes;
 - auditing consumer interactions on our site;
 - detecting, protecting against, and prosecuting security incidents and fraudulent or illegal activity;
 - bug detection and error reporting;
 | **Health or education information** | You, if you choose to provide it to us. | Successful Aging event.
 Editorial uses.
  | Service providers.
 Affiliates.
 Other individuals, services, and partners at your request. |
+## 16.3 Rights for California Consumers
+(b)
+If you are a California resident, you may have certain rights. Effective as of January 1, 2020, California law may permit you to request that we:
+- Provide you the categories of personal information we have collected or disclosed about you in the last twelve months; the categories of sources of such information; the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling your personal information; and the categories of third parties with whom we shared personal information.
+- Provide access to and/or a copy of certain information we hold about you.
+- Delete certain information we have about you.
+We will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding to a request, which may include, at a minimum, depending on the sensitivity of the information you are requesting and the type of request you are making, verifying your name, email address, and physical address.
+You are also permitted to designate an authorized agent to submit certain requests on your behalf. In order for an authorized agent to be verified, you must provide the authorized agent with signed, written permission to make such requests or a power of attorney. We may also follow up with you to verify your identity before processing the authorized agent's request.
+If you would like further information regarding your legal rights under California law or would like to exercise any of them, please: (i) contact us at [latimes.com/dsar](https://latimes.com/dsar) ; or (ii) email us at privacy@latimes.com.
+You may have the right to receive information about the financial incentives that we offer to you (if any). You also have the right to not be discriminated against (as provided for in applicable law) for exercising certain of your rights. Certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. We need certain types of information so that we can provide the Services to you. If you ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to access or use the Services.
+## 16.4
 ## Do Not Sell My Info
+Effective January 1, 2020, California residents may opt out of the "sale" of their personal information. We sell certain of your information to third parties to provide you with offers and promotions and opportunities that may be of interest to you.
+California residents may opt out of the "sale" of their personal information. We sell certain of your information to third parties to provide you with offers and promotions and opportunities that may be of interest to you.
 Under the CCPA, sale is defined such that it may include allowing third parties to receive certain information, such as cookies, IP address, and/or browsing behavior, to deliver targeted advertising on the Services or other services. Advertising, including targeted advertising, enables us to provide you certain content for free and allows us to provide you offers relevant to you.
 Depending on what Services you use, we may provide the following categories of personal information to third parties for these purposes:
 - For online targeted advertising purposes: demographic and statistical information, user-generated content, device information and identifiers, browser and usage data, geolocation, and social media information.
 - For sharing with third parties to send you relevant offers, products, promotions and opportunities: contact and registration information, demographic and statistical information, employment and education data, user-generated content, device information and identifiers, and geolocation.
 If you would like to opt out of our use of your information for such purposes that are considered a "sale" under California law, you may do so as outlined on the following page: [Do Not Sell My Info](https://membership.latimes.com/privacy-settings). You can also submit a sale opt-out request by emailing us at privacy@latimes.com. Please note that we do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age without legally-required affirmative authorization.
+## 16.5 Metrics
+## 16.3 Rights for California Consumers
+If you are a California resident, you may have certain rights. California law may permit you to request that we:
+- Provide you the categories of personal information we have collected or disclosed about you in the last twelve months; the categories of sources of such information; the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling your personal information; and the categories of third parties with whom we shared personal information.
+- Provide access to and/or a copy of certain information we hold about you.
+- Delete certain information we have about you.
+We will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding to a request, which may include, at a minimum, depending on the sensitivity of the information you are requesting and the type of request you are making, verifying your name, email address, and physical address.
+You are also permitted to designate an authorized agent to submit certain requests on your behalf. In order for an authorized agent to be verified, you must provide the authorized agent with signed, written permission to make such requests or a power of attorney. We may also follow up with you to verify your identity before processing the authorized agent's request.
+If you would like further information regarding your legal rights under California law or would like to exercise any of them, please: (i) contact us at [latimes.com/dsar](https://latimes.com/dsar) ; or (ii) email us at privacy@latimes.com.
+You may have the right to receive information about the financial incentives that we offer to you (if any). You also have the right to not be discriminated against (as provided for in applicable law) for exercising certain of your rights. Certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. We need certain types of information so that we can provide the Services to you. If you ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to access or use the Services.
+## 16.4 Metrics
 California law may require us to compile metrics for the previous calendar year regarding consumer requests and responses. If required by applicable law, we will update this section after the CCPA has been in effect for a calendar year.
+## 16.6 California Shine the Light
+## 16.5 California Shine the Light
 California law permits users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed their 'personal information' (if any, and as defined under applicable California law) for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of personal information disclosed to those parties. If you are a California resident and would like to request this information, please submit your request in an email at privacy@latimes.com.
+## 16.7 Additional California Rights
+## 16.6 Additional California Rights
 If you are a California resident under the age of 18 and are a registered User of our Services, you may be entitled to request that we remove from our Services content you posted to our Services that can be accessed by any other User (whether registered or not). Please note that any content that is removed from our Services may still remain on our servers and in our systems. To request removal of content under this provision, please send an email to privacy@latimes.com and provide us with a description of the content and the location of the content on our Services, and any other information we may require to consider your request. Please note that removal of content under this provision does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information posted on the Services by you.
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